Acute gastrointestinal bleeding: CT angiography with multi-planar reformatting

Abdom Imaging. 2011 Apr;36(2):115-25. doi: 10.1007/s00261-010-9615-7.

Abstract

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is a common medical emergency, which carries a significant mortality. CT Angiography is an important non-invasive diagnostic tool, which can be used to plan subsequent endovascular or surgical management. The cases presented demonstrate that a meticulous and systematic approach to image interpretation is necessary, in particular, to detect focal sites of contrast extravasation and small pseudoaneurysms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Angiography / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Humans
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*